procure

v., -cured, -cur·ing, -cures.

v.tr.

1. To get by special effort; obtain or acquire: managed to procure a pass.
2. To bring about; effect: procure a solution to a knotty problem.
3. To obtain (a sexual partner) for another.

v.intr.

To obtain sexual partners for others.

[Middle English procuren, from Old French procurer, to take care of, from Latin prōcūrāre : prō-, for; see pro–¹ + cūrāre, to care for (from cūra, care; see cure).]

procurable pro·cur'a·ble adj.
procurance pro·cur'ance or pro·cure'ment n.

verb

To come into possession of: acquire, come by, gain, get, obtain, secure, win. Informal land, pick up. See get/lose.

v

Definition: acquire, obtain
Antonyms: give away, have, lose

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To cause something to happen; to find and obtain something or someone.

Procure refers to commencing a proceeding; bringing about a result; persuading, inducing, or causing a person to do a particular act; obtaining possession or control over an item; or making a person available for sexual intercourse.

IN BRIEF: To get or obtain. Also: To bring about.

The best way to procure insults is to submit to them. — William Hazlitt (1778-1830)

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - skaffe
v. intr. - udvirke

Nederlands (Dutch)
verkrijgen, bewerkstelligen, verleiden, officieel aankopen

Français (French)
v. tr. - procurer (sout), procurer qch à qn, (Jur) procurer
v. intr. - (Jur) faire du proxénétisme

Deutsch (German)
v. - beschaffen, herbeiführen, bewirken

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - προμηθεύω/-ομαι, εφοδιάζω/-ομαι, αποκτώ, εξασφαλίζω

Italiano (Italian)
effettuare, ottenere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - obter, adquirir, alcovitar

Русский (Russian)
подстроить, достать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - conseguir, lograr, obtener, proporcionar, procurar
v. intr. - conseguir, lograr, obtener, proporcionar, procurarse

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - (an)skaffa, utverka, bedriva koppleri, vålla, åstadkomma

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
获得, 促成, 取得, 拉皮条

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 獲得, 促成, 取得
v. intr. - 拉皮條

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 획득하다
v. intr. - 매춘부를 주선하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 獲得する, 置く, 売春を周旋する, 手に入れる, 引き起こす

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يدير, يحصل على شيء لغيره او نفسه, يسبب, ينجز‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮השיג, רכש, הביא ל-, גרם‬
v. intr. - ‮סרסר לזנות‬

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